5 times champion – 12 times play off – 3rd time without play off CSK miserably!

In the 68th league match against royal challengers Bangalore, chennai Super Kings fought till the end and lost by 27 runs and miserably exited the IPL series. kolkata Knight Riders, rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers hyderabad have made it to the play-offs, while chennai Super Kings and royal challengers Bengaluru clash in the race for the 4th spot. The most important match of the IPL 2024 cricket series was held at the Chinnachuwami Stadium in Bengaluru. In this, CSK captain Ruduraj Gaekwad, who won the toss, chose to bowl. Accordingly, virat kohli and Fap Duplessis both gave a good start to the RCB team who batted first. RCB were 31 runs for no loss in 3 overs when rain interrupted.

After almost 40 minutes the match started. However, the overs were not reduced. virat kohli, who batted after that, got out for 47 runs and Fab Duplessis was dismissed for 54 runs. Rajat Patidar was dismissed for 41 runs, dinesh karthik for 14 runs and Glenn Maxwell for 16 runs. Finally, cameron Green played aggressively and scored 38 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 215 runs. After batting with a target of 201 runs, chennai Super Kings captain Ruduraj Gaekwad was dismissed without scoring any runs. Daryl Mitchell was dismissed for 4 runs.

After this, both Rachin ravindra and Ajinkya Rahane stood and scored runs. However, Rahane was out for 33 runs and ravindra was run out for 61 runs after scoring a half-century. shivam Dubey was out for 7 runs and Mitchell Chantner was out for 3 runs. In the end, both ravindra jadeja and ms dhoni played aggressively and scored runs. dhoni entered the field in the 15th over of this match.

At that time, CSK had scored 129 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 15 overs. Also, both Jadeja and dhoni batted as a score of 72 off 30 balls would have progressed to the play-offs. In this, 9 runs were scored in the 16th over and 13 runs were scored in the 17th over. CSK needed 50 runs in last 3 overs to win. While 15 runs were scored in the 18th over, 18 runs were scored in the 19th over. With 17 runs needed in the last over, dhoni hit a six off the first ball bowled by yash Dayal and was dismissed after giving a catch on the second ball.

Then shardul thakur came into action. Not a single run in the 3rd ball. Scored a run in the 4th ball. With 10 runs needed off the last 2 balls, ravindra jadeja was on like last year. dhoni was sitting outside having fun. However, those 2 balls were bowled slower by yash Dayal. Jadeja did not score a single run. Through this, CSK lost 7 wickets in 20 overs and scored only 191 runs, losing by 27 runs and losing the play-off opportunity.This is the 3rd time Ciskei has missed out on the play-offs. Out of the 15 seasons CSK has played (including this season), 12 have gone to the playoffs. In this, it became the champion 5 times. Also, finished 2nd 5 times. Once out of the semi-finals. After that 3rd, 7th and 9th places were liked. Due to the defeat in yesterday's match, they finished 5th and exited the series.